Darcy Holderness​

Darcy Holderness is a professional engineer with over 20 years of experience. He has been appointed as a technical expert.

Darcy has testified as an expert at arbitration regarding engineering and technical root cause determinations, and has assisted in two major arbitrations as a factual witness and proper officer. He has produced expert reports on disputes with values of up to $2 million.

Darcy has delivered nuclear power, fossil fuel, and renewable energy projects covering all aspects of utility power plants, including fuel and waste handling, steam and water cycles, heat rejection systems, water treatment, air handling, and HVAC.  This includes over a decade of experience working with carbon capture, compression, transport, and storage systems. He has experience in siting power plants, initial project and organizational development, design review, contract negotiation and administration, construction oversight, commissioning, deficiency management, and operational support. 

Darcy specializes in disputes within the energy industry regarding major project delivery and engineering management. He has expertise in engineering standard of care, construction execution and oversight, and operational and maintenance planning.

Darcy holds a degree in mechanical engineering. He is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers Saskatchewan, the Project Management Institute, and the Canadian Nuclear Society.